Biology Word Search
Biology is the study of living things, from a single cell up to a whole forest. The words start with everyday body parts and work toward the more technical terms, so the grid gets harder as you go.
Biology word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- animal
- blood
- bone
- cell
- heart
- leaf
- life
- lung
- plant
- seed
Biology word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- animal
- blood
- bone
- brain
- cell
- habitat
- heart
- leaf
- life
- lung
- muscle
- plant
- seed
- skin
- species
Biology word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- animal
- bacteria
- blood
- bone
- brain
- cell
- enzyme
- fungus
- habitat
- heart
- leaf
- life
- lung
- muscle
- organ
- plant
- seed
- skin
- species
- tissue
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Words in the Biology word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- life
- The quality that separates living things from rocks and water.
- cell
- The smallest living unit that makes up every organism.
- plant
- A living thing that usually makes its own food from sunlight.
- animal
- A living thing that eats food and can usually move.
- leaf
- The flat plant part where most food making happens.
- seed
- A plant part holding a tiny embryo and stored food.
- bone
- Hard tissue that supports the body and protects organs.
- blood
- Liquid that carries oxygen and nutrients around the body.
- heart
- The muscle that pumps blood through the whole body.
- lung
- An organ that takes in oxygen and releases carbon dioxide.
- skin
- The body's largest organ and a barrier against germs.
- brain
- The organ that controls thinking, movement and the senses.
- muscle
- Tissue that contracts to move bones and other body parts.
- species
- A group of similar organisms that can breed together.
- habitat
- The natural place where a plant or animal lives.
- organ
- A body part with a job, such as the stomach.
- tissue
- A group of similar cells working together on one job.
- bacteria
- Single celled organisms, some helpful and some harmful.
- fungus
- An organism such as a mushroom that absorbs its food.
- enzyme
- A protein that speeds up reactions inside living things.
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